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US Sets Date to Train Ukrainian F-16 Pilots as Norway Pledges Jets
The United States will begin training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 warplanes in October, as Norway joins other…
Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods
Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment…
Russia Backtracks on Pledge to Raise Minimum Draft Age
Russia will keep its minimum conscription age at 18 despite a promise to raise the limit as part…
Russian Navy Holds Live Fire ‘Exercise’ in Black Sea
Russia’s navy carried out a live fire “exercise” in the northwest Black Sea, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Friday,…
Russia Claims to Have Intercepted Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow
Russia has claimed Ukraine attacked Moscow with at least five drones that were all either shot down or jammed, though…
No Soldier Should Have Been Above the Law in Afghanistan
The public inquiry into alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan hears fresh evidence this week. Lawyers representing Afghan…
Russia: The Drone Wars
Brussels, Frankfurt (16/6 – 33) The European Union declared late last year that it intended to investigate how…
Insider job: Ukraine targets high-level double agents who helped Putin invade
Kyiv thinks traitors helped the Russians take Kherson and Chernobyl early in the war. PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN…
In Historic First, USAF Deploys B-1s to India for Exercise
A pair of B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will participate in a joint exercise with…
Tajikistan: Reforms Needed to Save Humanity
Frankfurt, Brussels (12/3 – 100) To address corruption in Tajikistan, it will be important to strengthen institutions, promote…